The Face of Fear (Group Read - February 2018)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

The Face of Fear will be featured in February.

Originally published in 1977 under the pseudonym Brian Coffey, The Face of Fear was re-released in 1985 with Dean Koontz as the author.

Brian Coffey had previously written the 1970's Tucker Series which is now out of print. Coffey is also the author of The Voice of the Night (1980)

[Fred]

I added as a "want to-read". thanks Dustin

[Charissa]

I might re-read this one. Who knows.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I will probably read it. I try to read most of the group reads. The Face of Fear is a relatively short novel and I haven't read it for a while.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Reminder: The Face of Fear is featured as our February Group Read. This is a shorter novel, fitting for a shorter month. Happy Reading!

[Jen]

I might actually join you (finally!) for this one. "Shorter novel" caught my eye, since I need to read a "short book" for a swap I'm doing on Swap-Bot.com swap! So I might get the audio edition to listen to. :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

The Audiobook is 6 hours and 49 minutes. Hope that is short enough :-)

[Jen]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "The Audiobook is 6 hours and 49 minutes. Hope that is short enough :-)"

Should be easily done in one day, so I'd say so! Thanks! :-)

EDIT: I bought it! So I'll hope to listen to it this month. Maybe this week, or maybe not until February 19th. :-)

[Shannon]

read this 2 years ago form what i remember i liked it alot

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I will likely be facing the Face of Fear in the face about mid-month. Got a few other titles in my lineup.

[Jen]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I will likely be facing the Face of Fear in the face about mid-month. Got a few other titles in my lineup."

Me too. Plus, starting tomorrow I'll be in three back-to-back readathons. This book should be okay for the third, though, so I might be able to read it sometime on or after February 15th.

[Fred]

Hello, Everyone I have started

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I am currently reading :-)

[Jen]

I'll probably listen to the audio of it I got closer to the end of the month (or sometime next week).

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

The Audiobook has the same narrator as The Voice of the Night audiobook (both are Brian Coffey Novels).

The story is similar to The Vision.

[Fred]

I have finished The Face of Fear.... Can't everyone jump from a 40th floor? Next month looks good too. Thanks

[Jen]

I read it, too. I got the audiobook to listen to, but ended up reading it. (I was able to find the copy of it I owned.) I enjoyed it! Suspenseful, and with a satisfying ending, I'm glad I read it. :-)

Although, can anyone explain to me how (view spoiler)[Preduski and Prine were both in Graham's house but unaware of each other? I just don't see how it would have been possible for Preduski to enter the house completely silently. Shouldn't Prine have noticed? (hide spoiler)]

But apart from that one minor complaint/niggling detail, this was a good book. I gave it four stars. :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Fred wrote: "I have finished The Face of Fear.... Can't everyone jump from a 40th floor? Next month looks good too. Thanks"

I wouldn't recommend jumping from the 40th Floor :-) Better if you have some mountain climbing skills and equipment handy and even better if it's not in a snowstorm.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I thought the twists were fun :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jen wrote: "I read it, too. I got the audiobook to listen to, but ended up reading it. (I was able to find the copy of it I owned.) I enjoyed it! Suspenseful, and with a satisfying ending, I'm glad I read it. ..."

I will have to re-read that part and see if I can explain :-)

[Melissa]

Started this late, but I'm sick in bed, so I'll likely finish it by tonight or tomorrow. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Melissa]

Finished! Fantastic short novel! I totally guessed the mystery person too! 😂 Loved it, very exciting!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jen wrote: "I read it, too. I got the audiobook to listen to, but ended up reading it. (I was able to find the copy of it I owned.) I enjoyed it! Suspenseful, and with a satisfying ending, I'm glad I read it. ..."

(view spoiler)[ A lot happened there at the end. I thought Preduski might be half of The Butcher. It's not exactly clear whether Preduski or Prine entered the house first. I imagine Prine had entered first and been in the living room waiting for some time. The end of chapter 43 tells about how Preduski enters the house by a back door very silently and settles in the kitchen not making a sound as he opens doors or moves a chair. I'm not sure if it mentions in the book about the layout of the house and how close the Living Room and Kitchen are in relation to each other.

I liked at the end of the Epilogue and we learn Graham and Connie's real names are Nick and Nora :-) Ha ha. (hide spoiler)]